결혼이민자 인식조사를 통한 다문화가족 법제도의 개선방향 - 포천시 사례를 중심으로 -

In the Korean society, the numbers of immigrants and the multicultural family have increased in foreign population since 1990. These foreigners mostly live in Seoul and Gyenggi-do, and among those cities in Gyenggi-do, Pocheon has the highest foreigners rate. As a result of this social change, “Act on the treatment of foreigners in Korea”, and “Multicultural family support act" established, and there have been studies on the actual conditions of multicultural families and their rights, and social supports which have brought about a huge interest in a diverse society in Korea. This research presents a policy plan through a basic investigation for Korea where it is becoming a multicultural society. Some of the past researches on multicultural family from the legal perspective mainly assessed its support policies and legal system ,and thus, Legislative assessments about multicultural family laws and reviews about multicultural family policies were like questions to solve. This research is based on comparative analysis and interpretative approach. However, it is different from that of past analysis in a sense that it has legal problems and its resolutions from the point of view of multicultural families who are the major among foreigners in Korean society. Still, there are some problems concerning this research. The survey method is not formal and the area of study is limited because it has a sampling bias (Pocheon, Gyenggido) due to insufficient funds and time. However, this research contains not only an observation of perception on multicultural family but also the method of study to fulfill the goal and the purpose of this research. Furthermore, government statistics are supplemented to substantiate our thesis more logically. Yet, the main research technique is primarily on legal studies about perception of multicultural family. This study provides certain directions for changes in the constitution. First, Korean federal and local governments must advertise and change their people's recognition on multicultual family. Second, this research provides improvement measurements for educational issues. Third, there are also certain alternative solutions for unemployment and children issues. Fourth, constructing infrastructure for multicultural family is necessary. Fifth, specialists for this cultural cases and a social network must form in order to support multicultural family. Lastly, this investigation suggests a plan to unify foreign administrations. To maintain this act, since “Act on the treatment of foreigners in Korea” is about rights and nationality acquisitions for foreign residents and workers and “Multicultural family support act” affects only people who are going to acquire Korean nationality, we suggests to regulate these laws to bring about Korean society into a melting pot. Furthermore, we propose for local governments to amend their standardized laws since they are abstract and general. Moreover, Korean government must give incentives for their local governments when they pay grants. Just like a gender equality index to bring about equality in gender, each policy must consider foreigners and multicultural family and adopt foreigner equality index into their acts.